French Revolution

1).Why Many people in France were critical of A).the nobility;B).the king;C).the clergy:
A) the nobility- Owned a large piece of land with no taxes. Had more political power.
B) the King- People thought the king had too much power. The king was being selfish & lazy.
C) The clergy- Little taxes had to be paid, had more political power.

2).What might the french peasent have grumbled about in 1789?
The french peasant might have grumledabout the taxes, because the taxes were crashing them.

3).What point was the cartoonist making?
I think the cartoonist was trying to explain that peasants are caring and providing for the feudal lords and the clergy. The caption is telling what peasants hope for which is an equal and fair system.

4).How does the author of source b describe the lives of french peasants?
It's bad because it talks about how there poor and they have to pay so many things and taxes and they don't have any money so the taxes a re crushing them.

5).Study source A,B and C together. Do these sources explain why poor people in France resented the rich?
The poor people in France resented the rich because the rich had more power than the them.

6).Rousseau (source D) was an influential writer at this time. Along with other writers like Voltaire, he wanted France to have a more democratic form of government. Who would be most influenced by his words and why? (remember to include extracts form the source in your answer.)
The peasants would have been most influenced with his writing because his writing was based on his belief that the people should have more power; and that is what the peasants have been asking for. The title of his writing basically tells it all.

7).The pamphlet which source D came from was banned in 1775. Why do you think this was? Which members of French society would want it to be banned?
I think it was banned because the nobles and clergy; people who have a more extravagant life would be in fear that after the peasants read this piece of writing they would revolt against them and the King.